Wednesday, July 18, 1973

I could see the sign a hundred
yards ahead by the side of the
highway. Instantly I put my foot
heavily on the accelerator.
PUPPIES FOR SALE, it said.

‘Look over there at the mag-
nificent coloring in those trees!”’

- TLeried, gesturing wildly in the

other direction. But my wife had
already seen the sign.
‘‘Puppies!’’ she said in a
voice that would have had the
proprietor of the place rubbing his
palms and dancing with glee.
“Oh, we must stop and see them.”’
“We're late already,’’ I pro-

tested.:She’s no good. with pup- °

pies, I was reminding myself.

This will cost me at least twenty-

five dollars if I stop. A great

~ woman, but no good with puppies.

- “Pullin,” my wife said in a

_ commanding voice. I pulled in.

The man was already walking

toward us, forming the smile upon
his face.

We looked at collie puppies,

spaniel puppies and unidentified

puppies. I looked obliquely at my |

wife’s eyes. They'd gone all to
chocolate. She looked very pretty.
Don’t be a fool, now, I was remind-

ing myself. You know all about the _

perils of puppies: You know the

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incidence of distemper. You know
the incredible mortality rate of
the puppies in your life. Be strong,
man, be strong.

‘‘Well,’’ I said loudly, ‘‘we
were just looking. Must be run.
ningalong. Lovely pupsyouhave.”

The man’s eyes narrowed.

“There’s one more I'd par-
ticularly like you to see,”’ he said.
‘“‘A grand little dog if you live in
the city.’’ How in the world he
knew that I'll never know.

He loped around the kennels
and came back with the pup in his
arms. I realized instantly what
the fellow was up to. He had cunn-

ingly saved the most’ forlorn-

looking beast for the last, knowing
that no woman alive could resist
this pitiful creature.

It was a short-haired terrier
of some type. It looked like a tiny
goat. But there was wisdom in its
eyes. It looked like the kind of a
pup who would work any trick to
get a home of its:'own. This pup,

I thought, is the kind that will cock |

its head to one side quizzically if
I make a strange noise. - it does
that I’m lost.

I made a squeak sound
just out of curiosity. The pup
cocked its head quizzically. |

“We have to have him,”’ my
wife said. I knew she would.

- She took the puppy from the
man and held it in her arms: The
pup played it smart as I knew he
would. He struggled up to nuzzle
in her neck. I wondered if he had
been trained or if -he was self-
taught.

The pup is outwitting you,.

chump, I reminded myself. You
know how it will be. After

everyone has gone to bed it will

be you that will be up all night try-

ing to stop this animal from how1=
ing its heart. out. You know the |

incredible lung power and endur-
ance of these mighty. mites: Get

out of it quick or you and insomnia’

will be like that.

“It certainly is a nice litde
dog,’’ [lied expansively.‘‘Too bad:

we already havea big Labrador.

Well, we must .

‘‘A dog needs a companion,”
the man said. He was speaking
directly to my wife: The puppy

whined piteously, as I knew he .

would.

‘*How much?”’ my wife
asked. ;
_ “T'llmake it twenty-five,” the
man said gently. ‘1 like my dogs
to have good homes.”

‘We drove in silence for ten or
12 miles.

‘Would you hold him i in your
lap for awhile?"' my wife asked.

“All right,’”’ I said.

She put the puppy in my lap.

~**t suppose you want me to

learn to love him,’’.I snarled:

“Well, it isn’t exactly that,’
“my wife tittered, ‘‘but I think he's
going to be car sick.”

And he was.

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GRAVEL COSTS

_ Central Saanich will increase
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Keating Crossroad pits in order to

discourage public sale of such
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No Minister
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" A meeting between Saanich
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